Property new to region economy

icBirmingham : "According to analysis by The Birmingham Post, at those rates, manufacturing has been usurped by property as the main wealth generator in the region.For while manufacturing has continued to grow, from £12.9 billion in 1992 to £15.4 billion in 2002, the rate of growth by the property sector has been far greater. Its worth to West Midlands Plc has doubled from £7.1 billion to £15.2 billion, fuelled by rising land values and rents."